5 Ways to Make That Cheater Pay

3. Show OffBreakups aren’t always as final as we’d like them to be, and if you two still have friends in common, you’ll probably have to see your cheating ex. The first post-breakup party is crucial. Pull out your favorite outfit (or if you have the cash to spare, buy something new!), get all dolled up and show up at the party looking your best. When you arrive, make a point of being relaxed and cheerful. This is the perfect occasion for the phrase “fake it till you make it.” Even if you’re feeling apprehensive about the event, put on a bright face and glide into that party like you’re walking a runway in Milan. Make a point of being the life of the party – chat up everyone there, and really take an interest in all the partygoers. You’ll go home having had a great time getting to know your pals better, and your guy will be so bewildered by seeing you cool, calm, and collected he won’t know what to do with himself.

4. Surprise HimEveryone knows someone who’s been in this situation: you find out that your man’s been cheating on you with before he knows that you know. Are you following? Good. The next step is to contact the other woman – chances are, she didn’t know about you, either. Make a plan to confront your shared cheater together – invite him out for a hot date, but keep the location secret. Call his best pals and tell them you’re planning a surprise for your guy at his favorite bar. When you show up, his other lover will be there as well – lay your cards on the table, then let your guy watch while you both walk out of his life.

5. Go BigCarrie Underwood’s song “Before He Cheats” is the anthem for anyone who’s been cheated on, but the car-bashing lyrics could be a little tough to live out. For most of us. We’re definitely not telling you to take a Louisville Slugger to both headlights or slash holes in all four tires, but if that’s the route you decide to take… we’re betting it will feel pretty good.

#4 is fantastic if it works out as planned. The last time I tried it, it turned out that the “other” women had so little self-respect, she didn’t really mind that he had another girlfriend. That, by the way, is a great time to resort to #5 on both of them!